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25th Test and Evaluation National Conference

“New Administration, New Opportunites”

Atlantic City, NJ

2-5 March 2009  

 
Agenda

 

Monday, 2 March 2009

WORKSHOP I

MISSION-BASED TEST & EVALUATION (MBTE)

Presenters: Mr. Chris Wilcox, AEC

·         Mr. Jack Sheehan, ORSA Corporation

PM Presenters:

·         Mr. Jack Sheehan, ORSA Corporation

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Tuesday, 3 March 2009

CONFERENCE KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Mr. Keith Williams, CEO, Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

 

DOT&E LOOKING AHEAD

Honorable Charles McQueary, Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E)

 

ROUNDTABLE : REALITIES FACING THE WORLD OF DEFENSE AND HOMELAND SECURITY T&E

Moderator: Maj Gen Steve Sargeant, USAF, Commander AFOTEC

 

GAO ASSESSSMENT OF DOD’S MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS ACQUISITION PORTFOLIO

Mr. Ronald Schwenn, US Government Accountability Office

 

 

SESSION A: MISSION CAPABILITY TESTING

·          “Evaluating the Mission – Translating Systems Performance to Unit Capabilities”, Mr. David Thomas, Round Table Defense, LLC.

·         “System of Systems – Survivability, Lethality, Vulnerability Assessment”, Mr. Jeffrey A. Smith and Ms. Beth Ward, U.S. Army Research Lab

·         “Structuring T&E for Validation of Complex Systems Capabilities and Exploration of Emergent Behaviors”, Mr. Joseph Tribble, AVW Technologies

·         “Using IMPRINT to Translate Human Performance Into Mission Effectiveness to Focus Test and Evaluation”, Ms. Diane Mitchell & Charneta Samms

 

SESSION B-NEW T&E POLICY AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

·          “New Test and Evaluation Master Plan Guidance”, Ms. Darlene Mosser-Kerner, OUSD (AT&L)

·          “Walking the Line With Title 10: Implementation Strategies for Integrated Testing”, Dr. Beth Wilson, Raytheon

·         “Systems Assurance Test and Evaluation in Defense Acquisition – Specification, Planning and Resourcing”, Ms. Christine Hines, OUSD (AT&L)

·         “Automated GPS Simulation Test Process”, 2nd LT Matthew Steele, Holloman AFB

 

SESSION C-T&E METHODOLOGY AND M&S

·          “How to Incorporate Modeling and Simulation into the System Acquisition Life Cycle”, Mr. Derek Kropp, Navy Patuxent River

·         “Extending Test and Evaluation Modeling and Simulation Capabilities with Gaming Technology”, Mr. Geoffrey Robinson, Ft. Hood

·         “Integrating the System Engineering “V” in a System of Systems”, Mr. Jack Sheehan, ORSA Corporation

 

PRESENTATION OF THE 2009 WALTER W. HOLLIS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN DEFENSE TEST & EVALUATION.

Guest Speaker: Mr. Winslow Wheeler, Director of the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information

 

Wednesday, 4 March 2009

 

 

SESSION IV: T&E POLICY & STUDIES

·         “Physics of Failure - the Critical Path to Saving $M in T&E”, Dr. W. Forrest Crain, Director, US AMSAA

·         “A Common Platform for DOD and DHS to Partner in the T&E Community”, Dr. Richard Murrow, CEO, Air Academy Associates

 

SESSION VI: T&E WORKFORCE & RESOURCES

Session VI Chair: Mr. Charles Larson, SURVICE Engineering

·         The DoD Strategic Plan for Test & Evaluation Resources”,  Mr. Jason Coker, OUSD (AT&L/TRMC)

·         “Today’s and Tomorrow’s DoD Test & Evaluation Acquisition Workforce”,  Ms. Darlene Mosser-Kerner, OUSD (AT&L)

 

SESSION D-RESOURCES, INSTRUMENTATION, AND TARGETS

Session VI Chair: Mr. Charles Larson, SURVICE Engineering

·          “Test and Training Enabling Architecture, TENA, An Important Component in Joint Mission Environment Test Capability Successes”, Mr. Gene Hudgins, BAE Systems

·         “Joint Mission Environment Test Capability”, Mr. Chip Ferguson, TRMC

·          “Evolving Threats – How They Impact T&E Testing and Infrastructure”, Mr. Dick Dickson, TYBRIN Corporation

·         “Threat/Target Simulation for Live-Fire Events”, Mr. Greg Van Splinter, NAWCWD

 

SESSION E- APPLICATION OF T&E/POLICY TO SPECIFIC SYSTEMS

·          “Challenges Facing T&E of Systems to Combat Nuclear and Radiological Smuggling”, Mr. Stephen DeFrank, Jr., Mantech SRS, Inc.

·          “C-RAM Delivers on Promises and Saves Lives”, Mr. James Bloodsworth, Army C-RAM Program Directorate

 

Thursday, 5 March 2009

 

MISSION-BASED TEST & EVALUATION STRATEGY:

·         “An Inter-Agency-Developed Process to Link Mission Capability With System Functional Requirements”,  Mr. Christopher Wilcox, ATEC

·         “Evaluating An Immersive Virtual World For Accelerating T&E”,  Mr. Redge Bartholomew, Rockwell Collins

 

FCS CAPABILITIES TO EMPOWER THE SOLDIER —WHAT IS AND WHAT WILL BE

Mr. Bud Irish, Vice President, SAIC

 

THE ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES (AOA): A MISSION-ORIENTED, EVALUATION-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR DEFENSE TEST & EVALUATION

Mr. Vincent P. Roske, Jr., IDA

 

CONFERENCE SYNOPSIS: OUTBRIEFS OF BREAKOUT / WRITING SESSIONS

Improving T&E Efficiency and M&S – Dr. Paul Deitz, ARL and Dr. Mark Kiemele, Air Academy Associates

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